@markyboy27able The, '3D world', as you put it, wasn't done on a computer. It's a physical, mechanical globe with a concave mirror behind it, reflecting a distorted image of the globe as it revolves. The model itself was black and white, and the blue and yellow were electronically added before the image was aired. The machine in question was called a Nexus Orthicon Display Device (abbreviated to NODD and pronounced "noddy"), and was used from 1969 until 1985.
@markyboy27able Au contraire, computers were invented! They were called, 'home computers', back then and were rudimentary. They certainly didn't have the graphic capabilities of the ones you have nowadays, but they were definitely around. The 1981 BBC1 clock was the first electronically generated one of it's kind and was made inside a, 'black box', full of integrated circuits. A hot-wired, hardware version of what you could now do using software on any PC.
Daytime BBC these days runs on a costant loop of mindless lifestyle magazines and repetive sensanolist news bullitins. Bring back the day when they would have intervals in the afrernoon and educational programes in the daytime the news was better presented and less repetive(fucking BBC News 24)
But thaqt was at a time when the BBC acted as a public broadcaster and not just as a middle class Sky Tv. Their protection racket (licence fee) sustains them
@Runrome Thing is though, if they did away with Breakfast, started at noon and had an afternoon interval, closed at midnight, everyone would be up in arms that their licence fee wasn't being spent to it's full potential.
"They take our money and can't even be bothered to show programmes during the day!"
@JoeScaramanga That's a good point, and yet everyone accepted that as the norm in the '70's. Daytime TV was unheard of. Perhaps people had better things to do in those days and went to bed earlier.
Those Television clocks in those days were so pathetic and frightening for children, as I was at the time, TV works perfectly welll now without clocks and such like, TV is not scary anymore, cos Peter Woods aint on it anymore!!
NINETEEN EIGHTY ONE IS THE BEST YEAR EVER! Love these classic videos from 1980s TV, sure makes me glad to remind myself of how things were at the start of my time!
@cathkin33 I would be very interested in seeing such a site myself. It would be great to see what was on television when I was born at three in the afternoon on a Wednesday in early 1986.
Clearly an extended hold on the symbol to showcase the new globe. Normally, the welcome over the symbol would be followed by music over a follows shortly slide, then to the clock.
For your information, BBC News After Noon replaced BBC Mid-Day News on Sept. 7, 1981. Five Years later, it was replaced by BBC One O'clock News in 1986.
I take it the venetian blinds were done on a BBC Micro or something... Got to love how quick the BBC were to embrace the rise of microcomputers even in places such as news titles. (sorry, I'm somewhat obsessed with this sort of thing ATM... born in '91 but with a thing about 80s TV)
And the awesome synth track... The last thing I'd expect the BBC to fill space with, but I guess it was the early 80s after all...
I had one and it was nothing to write home about. It kept breaking down, and to fix it I used to drop it from about half a metre onto a solid table. It gave a loud beep, then began working again.
Many thanks for this video-this was indeed the first news of the day as Test Card F had been shown all morning until 12.30pm and Breakfast Time did not start until January 1983.
This was the start of programmes on BBC1 on that day assuming you don't include Open University transmissions between 0640 and 0755. BBC1 then went back to Test Card F for 45 mins as Pebble Mill ahd not started yet. Then there was a children's programme before more Test Card F until the start of children's programmes.
Correct. "For Schools, Colleges" which is how schools programming was branded when it was on BBC1, ended in June 1983 before "Daytime On Two" took over in September of that year when schools programnes moved across to BBC2 Adult education programmes had always been broadcast on BBC2 during the day on Monday and Tuesday and these were brought under the Daytime On 2 in Sept 1983 brand and were shown at lunchtime during the autumn and spring terms.
Ahh of course, the same with programmes for schools and colleges as it was over their summer holiday period! BBC1/2 must have been so bleak during daytimes back then. Surely on Saturdays and Sundays there was daytime tele on both channels tho, but there were probably still the odd testcards and pages from Ceefax thrown in here and there! ;)
During the summer until 1986 BBC1 only broadcast programmes on Saturday mornings during the summer. On sundays, BBC1 broadcast adult education programmes between 10.30am and 1pm but not during July, August and September and trade broadcast during these three months in those hours. BBC2 broadcast Open University programmes from breakfast until early afternoon at the weekend and during the OU holiday - October to January - trade was shown from around 9am until programems started early afernoon.
people may actually have read books and/or newspapers to keep entertained rather than a need for constant programmes. what a shame it's a by gone era lol
this bloody background music can hypnotize any normal living being....
TheWalkingsouls 4 months ago
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@markyboy27able No, 'inside information', as such. It's well documented on the internet, if you know what to look for.
JFredUK 4 months ago
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JFredUK 4 months ago
@markyboy27able The, '3D world', as you put it, wasn't done on a computer. It's a physical, mechanical globe with a concave mirror behind it, reflecting a distorted image of the globe as it revolves. The model itself was black and white, and the blue and yellow were electronically added before the image was aired. The machine in question was called a Nexus Orthicon Display Device (abbreviated to NODD and pronounced "noddy"), and was used from 1969 until 1985.
JFredUK 4 months ago
@markyboy27able Au contraire, computers were invented! They were called, 'home computers', back then and were rudimentary. They certainly didn't have the graphic capabilities of the ones you have nowadays, but they were definitely around. The 1981 BBC1 clock was the first electronically generated one of it's kind and was made inside a, 'black box', full of integrated circuits. A hot-wired, hardware version of what you could now do using software on any PC.
JFredUK 4 months ago
This music must be from a synthesizer
Visonu 5 months ago
Does anyone know the title of the music being used?
quizman1967 7 months ago
The days when they used music and the globe instead of wall-to-wall trailers like today!
quizman1967 7 months ago
Love it! Just a shame there isn't a full programme on here!
quizman1967 7 months ago
roy west
2008Sameoldfitup 9 months ago
What The Name of The Song?
JHollowayNetwork 11 months ago
I want this on my iPod for every time I walk into a room.
septentrionale 11 months ago
Just waiting for pebble mill to come on next.
bodger75 11 months ago
In This Clip, From 2:01 To 2:28, It Was BBC-TV's BBC News After Noon Video Open From Monday Afternoon, September 7, 1981.
radiodj1520 1 year ago
Who composed that synth music. Just great
KingFahtah 1 year ago
This was the day I started school. I feel old, it looks so dated compared to todays TV, brilliant though.
keithc1977 1 year ago 10
The music sounds very Jean-Michel Jarre to me.
GazzaBazzaPussyCat 1 year ago
does anyone know what music is used before the news programe starts
Runrome 1 year ago
I love this song.
MattWindsor91 1 year ago
Daytime BBC these days runs on a costant loop of mindless lifestyle magazines and repetive sensanolist news bullitins. Bring back the day when they would have intervals in the afrernoon and educational programes in the daytime the news was better presented and less repetive(fucking BBC News 24)
But thaqt was at a time when the BBC acted as a public broadcaster and not just as a middle class Sky Tv. Their protection racket (licence fee) sustains them
backed by goverment their mates.
Runrome 1 year ago
@Runrome Thing is though, if they did away with Breakfast, started at noon and had an afternoon interval, closed at midnight, everyone would be up in arms that their licence fee wasn't being spent to it's full potential.
"They take our money and can't even be bothered to show programmes during the day!"
JoeScaramanga 1 year ago
@JoeScaramanga That's a good point, and yet everyone accepted that as the norm in the '70's. Daytime TV was unheard of. Perhaps people had better things to do in those days and went to bed earlier.
Feisty1967 1 year ago
love the music!!
Westerdd 1 year ago
Somebody please post the music where the show starts. I want to use it to make my own awesome newscast.
septentrionale 1 year ago
Those Television clocks in those days were so pathetic and frightening for children, as I was at the time, TV works perfectly welll now without clocks and such like, TV is not scary anymore, cos Peter Woods aint on it anymore!!
UKSazzy67 1 year ago
NINETEEN EIGHTY ONE IS THE BEST YEAR EVER! Love these classic videos from 1980s TV, sure makes me glad to remind myself of how things were at the start of my time!
ILike1981 2 years ago
Listen to the Top 40 of 1981 on my channel.
ajs41 2 years ago 3
@ajs41 1981 was the best year for music ever, however, very few people agree with me.
Feisty1967 1 year ago
@Feisty1967 I agree with you. The early 80's were better than the late 80's for music, I'd say.
Best regards,
i_like_1981
ILike1981 1 year ago
And to ease you into BBC News Afternoon, here's some synthesized music...
UKSazzy67 2 years ago 2
can you look at old programme listings on the net.....p.m me please in reply
cathkin33 2 years ago
a site called the TV Room has a TV Room + section which has the widest selection I've come across
bdavebaldwin 2 years ago
@cathkin33 I would be very interested in seeing such a site myself. It would be great to see what was on television when I was born at three in the afternoon on a Wednesday in early 1986.
alexmccormack 5 months ago
first news of the day at lunch time
abhudson14 2 years ago
28 years ago today!
snapey82 2 years ago
Clearly an extended hold on the symbol to showcase the new globe. Normally, the welcome over the symbol would be followed by music over a follows shortly slide, then to the clock.
franksmith109 2 years ago
Would you not love to go back to a time when things actually finished and started? All contributes to a different kind of life
Oban277 2 years ago 3
who needs drugs when you have this glorious video
nathan909 2 years ago 15
Moira Stewart was hot then,and is still hot today!
crusher19860138 2 years ago 3
Love the music-very Wendy Carlos.
testcardgirl76 3 years ago 6
I love this.
"This is BBC 1! Here is our new ident and clock... nice eh?"
djjaseuk 3 years ago 5
BBC goes clockwork orange
npowerjohn 3 years ago
For your information, BBC News After Noon replaced BBC Mid-Day News on Sept. 7, 1981. Five Years later, it was replaced by BBC One O'clock News in 1986.
exploder76 3 years ago 4
No great rush to cram programmes and adverts in, then.
ajs41 3 years ago
I use to watch news at one
abhudson14 3 years ago
i miss the rolling BBC globe - those were certainly the days!
RoadCone411 3 years ago
Funny to think in those days the first News bulletin of the day was at 12.30pm! It was a bit of a up yours to ITN whose News began at 1.00pm.
steviegTVreturns 3 years ago
I take it the venetian blinds were done on a BBC Micro or something... Got to love how quick the BBC were to embrace the rise of microcomputers even in places such as news titles. (sorry, I'm somewhat obsessed with this sort of thing ATM... born in '91 but with a thing about 80s TV)
And the awesome synth track... The last thing I'd expect the BBC to fill space with, but I guess it was the early 80s after all...
Damn, I need a BBC Micro.
MattWindsor91 3 years ago
I had one and it was nothing to write home about. It kept breaking down, and to fix it I used to drop it from about half a metre onto a solid table. It gave a loud beep, then began working again.
dunkiep 3 years ago
@MattWindsor91 wouldn't be at all surprised if they were done using traditional animation in those days. Anyway, this is a great clip.
doubledeckers 1 year ago
Many thanks for this video-this was indeed the first news of the day as Test Card F had been shown all morning until 12.30pm and Breakfast Time did not start until January 1983.
bidanton 3 years ago
Blimey, Richard Whitmore and his huge glasses... Them were the days...
DaveDaRave1980 3 years ago
now if they have a few minutes to spare, its filled with ads for their programmes and promotions
VirgLondon 3 years ago 5
This was the start of programmes on BBC1 on that day assuming you don't include Open University transmissions between 0640 and 0755. BBC1 then went back to Test Card F for 45 mins as Pebble Mill ahd not started yet. Then there was a children's programme before more Test Card F until the start of children's programmes.
Rillington2000 3 years ago
You sure it wasn't Test Card G?
fordtippexagain 3 years ago
Unlikely. 99% of BBC trade was test card F and the PM5544 was generally shown when there were regional opt-outs.
Rillington2000 3 years ago
I wonder what music was playing over Test Card F? BBC1 had in service:
Carry Me Back To Old Virginny
Macchu Picchu (soon to be replaced by Happy Polka)
The Trolley Song
In The Latest Fashion
To Break A Record
Bach: Prelude and Fugue in F (played on occasions)
The Green Leaves Of Summer was soon to be taken out of service at this time
cwilliams1976 3 years ago
wasnt there programmes for schools in the mornings on BBC1 tho, up until 1983 anyway?
ChrissyboyH44 3 years ago
Correct. "For Schools, Colleges" which is how schools programming was branded when it was on BBC1, ended in June 1983 before "Daytime On Two" took over in September of that year when schools programnes moved across to BBC2 Adult education programmes had always been broadcast on BBC2 during the day on Monday and Tuesday and these were brought under the Daytime On 2 in Sept 1983 brand and were shown at lunchtime during the autumn and spring terms.
Rillington2000 3 years ago
Thats interesting to know and thanx for that info. Where was Pebble Mill At One back in 1981 then as I heard that started in the
70s ?! ;-)
ChrissyboyH44 3 years ago
Pebble Mill At One generally started its run in the second week of September.
Rillington2000 3 years ago
Ahh of course, the same with programmes for schools and colleges as it was over their summer holiday period! BBC1/2 must have been so bleak during daytimes back then. Surely on Saturdays and Sundays there was daytime tele on both channels tho, but there were probably still the odd testcards and pages from Ceefax thrown in here and there! ;)
ChrissyboyH44 3 years ago
During the summer until 1986 BBC1 only broadcast programmes on Saturday mornings during the summer. On sundays, BBC1 broadcast adult education programmes between 10.30am and 1pm but not during July, August and September and trade broadcast during these three months in those hours. BBC2 broadcast Open University programmes from breakfast until early afternoon at the weekend and during the OU holiday - October to January - trade was shown from around 9am until programems started early afernoon.
Rillington2000 3 years ago
people may actually have read books and/or newspapers to keep entertained rather than a need for constant programmes. what a shame it's a by gone era lol
Oban277 2 years ago 5
Brilliant upload this!
KevCityboy 3 years ago 4
I can just hear Gary Numan singing over the synth track =)
psychonaut3 3 years ago 6
Excellent clip giving you a nice long look at the BBC1 mirror globe in action.
allenjeremy 4 years ago
"The first television news of the day" - at 12.30! Those were the days :)
EuroAlien 4 years ago 13
yeah, not wrong, if you wanted the news then stick the radio on lbc or hourly news on capital
VirgLondon 3 years ago
Must have been Moira's first ever news bulletin? Any more footage of this bulletin?
BeeredUpChardy 4 years ago 2
From what I have read, yes it was. She transferered from radio to present this programme.
Rillington2000 3 years ago 3
good tune on this! great clip.
sdaonline 4 years ago 2